Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,874, John Fowle, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
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Foule, John
NUMBER
S. 34874
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34 874 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,874
John Fowle Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 152
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For John Fowles Esquire . . . . . Greeting. We, Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to be a Captain in the Third Massachusetts Regiment . . . . . in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such . . . . . from the 25 th day of May 1780 . . . . . You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain . . . . . by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Captain . . . . . And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress forementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Witness His Excellency Samuel Huntington President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 24 th day of May . . . . . 1781, and in the fifth . . . . . year of our Independence.
Attest H: Carleton Secretary of the Board of War
Samuel Huntington President

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Massachusetts
John Howle
of Watertown in the state of Mass! who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gistalon of the Mass: line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Boston Mass
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 11 mo 3/4 - $223.22
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1818 120..
$343.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Ino Frowle Entered April 1975 - 8 years
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From the section of the records and points it now appear that the applicant does now stand in need of assis- tance from his country.
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State of Massachusetts.
I John Fowle a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Watertown in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the end of the said war in 1783 in the Massachusetts line of the army
as a sergeant & also an officer against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Fowle in the regiment of Col. Dwyer, worth & company of Captain Wellington in 1775 as a sergeant, was then transferred to the Regiment commanded by Col. Gration & commanded a company therein during the remainder of the war and that I left the service at the close of the war, honourably
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of years upwards, by my public service, my private affairs were much injured, & my property reduced, & at this late period of my life it is out of my power to retrieve them my Commission as a Captain bearing date May 24. 1781 taking rank as such from May 15 1780, is herewith exhibited & I commanded a light infantry company for three years of the said war, & was, at the taking of Genl. Burgoyne & his army at Saratoga, & of Lord Cornwallis & his army at York town And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
John Fowle
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of common pleas, in the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the middle Circuit, presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed John Fowle and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Wm Wetmore
May 1. 1819. I now certify, that on examination by me now had, & on good & sufficient evidence to me produced, by the Depositions of credible

& disinterested witness, & otherwise, I am satisfied the said John Fowle is in reduced circumstances in life & so poor that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court above said as within affixed. —
Wm Wetmore

We Lewis Upham & Jonathan Whitney Jr both of Watertown in the County of Middlesex On oath declare, that we are well acquainted with Capt John Fowle of said Watertown; that he is a person unused, and from age, being Sixty four years old, and infirmity, unable to labour. That he is poor and in reduced circumstances in life, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support.
Lewis Upham Jonathan Whitney Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss. April 24 th 1819. Personally appeared Lewis Upham & Jonathan Whitney Jr & made Oath that the above affidavit by them subscribed is true. And I hereby certify that the said Upham & Whitney are respectable Citizens & Creditable witnesses.
Levi Thaxter, Justice of the Peace